It is based on intensifying traffic patrols at intersections
A traffic plan to secure the return of students to schools in Ras Al Khaimah
The plan includes traffic regulation.
From the source
Ras Al Khaimah Police announced its readiness to welcome the new school year 2022-2023, which begins tomorrow, to ensure the return of students to school and reach the highest levels of traffic safety.
The Director of the Traffic and Patrols Department, Chairman of the Traffic Awareness Committee at the Federal Traffic Council, Brigadier Ahmed Saeed Al Naqbi, confirmed the development of a plan based on intensifying traffic patrols at intersections and internal and external roads in the emirate, to regulate traffic and facilitate the movement of school buses and ensure pedestrian crossings to ensure the safety of students crossing. In front of schools when getting off and on boarding vehicles and buses and entering schools, in order to achieve the objectives of the Ministry of Interior’s strategy aimed at controlling road safety in order to enhance security and safety.
He called on drivers to abide by the commitment to stop when opening the “stop” arm of the buses with a distance of no less than five meters to ensure the safe passage of students, pointing to the penalty for a violation of the failure of the driver of the school transport vehicle (bus) to open the “stop” sign for school buses transporting students or not complying with instructions Traffic lights include a fine of 500 dirhams and six traffic points.
In addition, the violation of not stopping while the driver is watching the “stop” sign includes a fine of 1,000 dirhams and 10 traffic points.
He added that the "Traffic Safety for School Students" campaign, which was launched recently at the state level, aims to promote positive traffic behaviors, to provide the highest standards of traffic safety for our children while they are on their way to and back from their schools.
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